women in science

In article <1994Sep27.221559.5512 at rivers>, tb02 at rivers.acc.uwrf.edu says:
>>I am doing a study on the low participation of women in science
>(particularly in chemistry and physics). I would like to get input from
>anyone with anpinion or experiance related to this tipopic. Points
>to consider would be: discrimination in the classroom, exclusion of
>women in classroom discussion, verbal discouragement from teachers or
>peers, "uncool" stereotypes of science people, and anything else yuoou
>can think of. If you have access to any good data or resources on this
>topic, please mention that too.
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>thomas.l.buchanan at uwrf.edu.>======================
Some of the best resources I am aware of on this subject:
The Association for Women In Science (AWIS). (1993). "A Hand Up:
Women Mentoring Women in Science". Washington, D.C
ISBN #0-9634590-2-3
=Has a forward by Bernadine Healy (Director of the the National
Institutes of Health) that is (in and of itself) full of a wealth of
references to informational studies on this subject.
>The American Association of University Women. (1992). "How Schools
Shortchange Girls." Washington, D.C.
>Girgus, Joan S., and Catherine A. Sanderson. (Sept 1988) "Women and
Science: An alliance gone awry". (Discussion paper prepared for the Science
Advisory Committee, Pew Science Program in Undergraduate Education).
Philadelphia: Pew Charitable Trusts.
>National Science Foundation. (1992). "Women and minorities in science
and engineering: An Update". Washington, D.C.
>Seymour, Elaine, and Hewitt, Nancy. (1992). "Factors contributing to high
attrition rates among science and engineering undergraduate majors".
(Report prepared for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation). New York: Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation.
>That should get you started. As a senior research scientist at Pacific
Northwest Laboratory in Richland, WA, I am intrigued by this whole subject.
I'm the product of parochial schools in Chicago, IL (read that to mean: taught
by nuns for 13 years....:-)
and yet was encouraged to be good at what I am good at....math and science.
I am also very stubborn. Which according to the above studies seems to
be correlated at least to longevity in the field, if not, success.
regards.
Janet Bryant
jl_bryant at pnl.gov
"opinions are mine. all mine. no one else dares to claim them, especially my
employer...."